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Consolidated War Work
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An employee of the Consolidated Paper Company watches what is apparently a test of a part being manufactured by the company as part of its contract to develop lightweight gliders for the military during World War II.
1943
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Gliders for the War
1943
Close-up view of the construction of the glider floor manufactured by the Consolidated Paper Company as part of its war effort during World War II.
Consolidated Paper Machinery
March 3, 1944
A Consolidated Paper Company employee watches the paper impregnation process whereby the company made a plastic laminate product used in the manufacture of military gliders during World War II.
Consolidated Paper War Work
March 3, 1944
Consolidated Paper executive Jim Plzak (in the suit), watches as workers pull laminate from the Number #1 press at the Consolidated Paper Company. The laminate was used in the manufacture of light...
Gliders for the War
January 25, 1943
An employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company holds up a structure for it to be photographed. The object is thought to be a prototype of the lightweight gliders manufactured b...
Consolidated Paper Glider Floor
March 3, 1944
CG-4A glider floor manufactured by Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company, as part of a World War II military contract. Executive Jim Plzak is examining the glider floor.
Gliders for the War
February 3, 1944
Employees of the Consolidated Paper Company Plastics Division constructing the floors of lightweight gliders to be used by the military.
